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My favourite female singers with age and birthday (listed chronologic), place of birth (if known), short description (from Wikipedia) and picture (only included for the deceased ones).

(born before 1940)

† Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., died September 26, 1937), sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues," was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/360355/Bessie+Smith.jpg

† Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
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Since 2009, I’ve been updating my Artists Seen Live list. In 2012, I reached the Last.fm text posting limit, so I’m splitting the list into two, so I can continue adding to it.

Here's whom I can remember seeing over the years [A-L]:

* = seen live multiple times
*** = seen live so many times I should get an award

A Place to Bury Strangers
A-Trak
Against Me!
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alexi Murdoch
American Bang*
American Music Club
Amiina*
Amy Winehouse
Andrea Corr
Andrew W.K.
Angus & Julia Stone
Animal Collective
Annie Lennox
Annie Stela
Antony
The Apples In Stereo
Arcade Fire*
Architecture in Helsinki
The Arctic Monkeys
Aretha Franklin
Aṣa
Asobi Sesku*
Atlas Sound*
Autolux

B. Dolan
Bad Brains*
Band of Horses*
Basia Bulat*
Bat for Lashes
The Battle Royale
Beach House
Beastie Boys***
The Beets
Ben Harper*
Benevento/Russo Duo
Big Audio Dynamite*
The Bird and The Bee
Biz Markie
Bjork***
Black Ice
The Black Keys***
Black Kids
Black Lips
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Under the Radar review: Tibet House Benefit

Lou Reed
Das Racist
Stephin Merritt
Antony and the Johnsons
Laurie Anderson

It’s going on Christmas.
Some parts of the worlds are colder than others.
50 words for snow…

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# -> Australian artist or release
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Holger Hiller - Once I Made A Snowman
(“Holger Hiller” - 2000, Mute)

Recoil - Grain
(“Hydrology” - 1988, Mute)

Scattered Order - Snow Faked
(“Danza De Navidad” compilation - 2011, Klanggalerie) #

Der Plan - Vier Stapfen im Schnee
(“Normalette Surprise” - 1981, Ata Tak)

Vim! - The Snow Set
(“Linden - Home Of The Hits” - 2005, Surgery)

Telafonica - I Can Hear There's A Peace In The Dark
(“Viceroy” - 2011, 4-4-2 Music) #

Cobra Killer - Schneeball in die Fresse
(“Uppers & Downers” - 2009, Monika)

Soft Cell - Babes In Consumerland
(“Demo Non Stop” - 2006, Some Bizzare) (recorded 1978)

Hydatid - Progrelution
(“Pre Utopian” - 2011, self-released) #

Laurie Anderson - Kokoku
(“Mister Heartbreak” - 1984, Warner Bros.)

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a year too late, and still incomplete

50 Extra Life - Made Flesh (2010)
49 Ghost - Opus Eponymous (2010)
48 Drum Eyes - Gira Gira (2010)
47 Christina Aguilera - Bionic (2010)
46 Acid Tiger - Acid Tiger (2010)
45 World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots (2010)
44 Dan Sartain - Dan Sartain Lives (2010)
43 Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon (2010)
42 Holy Fuck - Latin (2010)
41 Wooden Wand - Death Seat (2010)
40 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
39 Sleepy Sun - Fever (2010)
38 Kayo Dot - Coyote (2010)
37 A Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales (2010)
36 Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute (2010)
35 Otem Rellik - Elephant Graveyard (2010)
34 Balaclavas - Roman Holiday (2010)
33 Charlie Alex March - Home/Hidden (2010)
32 Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern (2010)
31 Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers (2010)
30 Celph Titled & Buckwild - Nineteen Ninety Now (2010)
29 †‡† - CDR (2010)
28 People of the North - Deep Tissue (2010)
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listen


1. Kundalini – 23 Skidoo
2. Harry Nilsson – Put The Lime In The Coconut
3. Tomutonttu – Lautta Lähtee
4. Bitchin Bajas – Water 4
5. Errors – Bridge or Cloud?
6. Department of Eagles – Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002
7. Glass Ghost – Mechanical Life (feat. Luke Temple)
8. Serge Gainsbourg – Initials B.B.
9. Laurie Anderson – O Superman
10. Remember Remember – Hey Zeus
11. Planningtorock – Local Foreigner
12. Phil Manzanera – Bogota
13. Flat Earth Society – Kotopoulopology
14. Relaxed Muscle – Rod of Iron
15. Princess Chelsea – The Cigarette Duo

Spring is upon us! Inhale!

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# -> Australian artist or release
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Igor Stravinsky - Introduction/Mystical Circles Of The Young Girls
(“The Rite Of Spring” - 1947, Deutsche Grammophon) (recorded 1976)

Laurie Anderson - Let X=X
(“Big Science” - 1982, Warner Bros)

Tarwater - Visit (To Rococo Rot Mix)
(“Remix EP” - 1999, Roomtone)

Ghislain Poirier - La danse du plaisir
(“Bip_Hop Generation Vol. 7” compilation - 2004, Bip_Hop)

Magnétophone - Grateful Aren't We?
(“I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me” - 2000, 4AD)

Scattered Order - April Which
(“A Solar Rush Towards A Treble Heaven” - 2011, Rather Be Vinyl) #

browning mummery - Do The Eyes Of The Dead Retain Pictures
(“Artefacts Of Australian Experimental Music 1974-1983” 2xCD compilation - 2010, Shame File Music) (original 1983) #

Sarah Hopkins - Double Whirly Duo
(“Artefacts Of Australian Experimental Music 1974-1983” 2xCD compilation - 2010…